On 9 February 2015, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
announced that proposed sanctions against a list of nineteen individuals and
nine entities in respect of the situation in Ukraine (previously reported on
this blog here)
have been agreed in principle by EU foreign ministers at the Foreign Affairs
Council. However, he noted that implementation "will depend on results on
the ground" and that ministers would "assess the situation again next Monday".

EU Diplomats have indicated that the new sanctions are due
to enter force on 16 February 2015 and that the delay is to give negotiations
with Russia a chance. The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and France
are due to meet in Minsk on Wednesday to discuss a peace plan for eastern
Ukraine.

It is reported that UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has
secured agreement from Member States that a further meeting of EU foreign
ministers be required in order to stop the sanctions from coming into force.

A full list of sanctions currently in force against Ukraine
can be found in the "sanctions
in force" section of this website.

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This article first appeared on European Sanctions Law & Practice (http://europeansanctions.com/), a blog by Maya Lester (+44 20 7379 3550, maya.lester@brickcourt.co.uk), a barrister at Brick Court Chambers, and Michael O'Kane (+44 (0) 20 7822 7777 mokane@petersandpeters.com), head of Business Crime at Peters & Peters.